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Extensive List of Easy Home-made Household Products for Frugal Living

Extensive List of Easy Home-made Household Products for Frugal Living
Make a Frugal Living By Making Your Own! This is my extensive list of simple and easy home-made household products recipes...with a seasoning of frugal living advice, and an occasional dash of scientific explaination. Besides being fun to make, these do-it-yourself recipes will help you save hundreds or thousands of dollars per year. These may improve your health too (a good example is the Homemade Deodorant Recipe below). Click here to jump down to the home made recipes index. Mixing up these recipes will also give you the satisfaction of becoming more self-sufficient - which is one of the corner stones of making a frugal living. You will find many of these simple home-made alternatives to be much safer and more effective than their store-bought toxic alternatives. You can choose a product category from the menu below or use the search box to find more recipes. Frugal Mad Scientist At Your Service I enjoy reverse engineering products to create cheaper and safer alternatives. Less Debt. Related:  Receipes

Well Done Stuff ! Home-based Business Opportunities Home-based businesses in the town, suburbs or on the farm can be just as lucrative as office or factory jobs. Whether you are interested in gardening, crafts, DIY projects or personal service jobs, home based businesses offer the freedom to work from home at your own pace and to be your own boss. In the articles below are stories of home business successes in many fields — gardening, home repair, office work, teaching, and arts and crafts of all kinds. There are also a few tales of home business failures and bumps in the road to learn from. And the advent of the Internet age has ushered in a whole new niche for online home-based jobs. Garden Green Earn Cash With your Own Garden-Grown Nursery Our 3,000-square-foot garden produces about three-quarters of the vegetables we eat in a year — and a bumper crop of nursery stock that brings us up to $1,000 of extra cash annually. Pick Poke for ProfitPokeweed (phytolacca americana) is an early wild green. Crafts for Cash Trash to Treasure

Pierogi o niskim indeksie glikemicznym z mięsem i kiszoną kapustą z jesienną zupą Zapraszam na klasyczne danie w nowoczesnej odsłonie - pierogi w wersji bezglutenowej i o niskim indeksie glikemicznym. Ciasto na mące z ciecierzycy jest nieco bardziej wymagające jeśli chodzi o lepienie, ale jest to jedno z lepszych ciast na pierogi, jeśli chodzi o kategorię ciasta bez mąki pszennej. Smakują rewelacyjnie, w szczególności z sosem pesto przygotowanym w polskim wydaniu - na bazie oleju rzepakowego i natki pietruszki. Dla osób, które nie stosują tak bardzo rygorystycznie diety niskoindeksowej polecam podać pierożki z zupą z brukwi. Brukiew to obok dyni hokkaido moje najukochańsze warzywo, a w zupie jest rewelacyjna. Przepis bierze udział w konkursie #OlejKonwenanse z Olejem Wielkopolskim. Pierogi o niskim indeksie glikemicznym z mięsem i kiszoną kapustą z jesienną zupą/ Ciasto pierogowe na mące z ciecierzycy Farsz: Wywar zagotowujemy, dodajemy liście laurowe i ziele angielskie. Na patelni na odrobinie oleju smażymy posiekaną kapustę kiszoną. Ciasto: Na pesto Na zupę:

home made dish soap I got this recipe from : www.frugalhomeliving.blogspot.com Homemade Liquid Dish Washing Soap 1 (7-oz) bar ZOTE or Octagon soap (or 1-2-3 brand soap) {Or cut a 14-oz bar in half} 5 qts. water 1 c. baking soda 1/4 c. washing soda 1/4 c. lemon juice Grate bar soap and place into a heavy stockpot. Pour in water & stir. Heat over medium heat, stirring often until soap is melted. (As the mixture cools in the pot it may begin to gel up and separate itself from the water. To use: Use as you would any store bought detergent. *Note about the 1-2-3 brand soap.

This Is TheBlaze’s Point-by-Point Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory Debunk Was Adam Lanza really the only shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School? Why are there supposed inconsistencies surrounding the weapons that were used during the attack? And are some of the parents really “crisis actors” brought in to make the situation that much more believable? Those are only a few of the questions that have been posed by conspiracy theorists who have used the Internet to virally spread their doubt about the horrific massacre that unfolded in Connecticut on Dec. 14. The main crux of the arguments presented in documentary-style videos is that the Sandy Hook massacre is either a government-planned hoax intended to lead the nation to overwhelmingly embrace increased gun control measures. Or, at the least, those who have put the videos out believe that essential information is being withheld from the American public surrounding multiple shooters and other game-changing elements. To most people, the idea that any of it is true is repulsive. “Were there other people detained?

Chocolate Chickpea Muffins (or Cupcakes for Breakfast!) | All Ways Delicious This post was sponsored by S&W Beans. All opinions expressed in my post are my own. I love garbanzo beans. These delicious breakfast-worthy treats are made with 1 can of S&W 50% Less Sodium Garbanzo Beans, flavored with unsweetened cocoa powder, and sweetened with honey and banana. I want to take a minute to talk about those S&W Beans. I love having an assortment of S&W’s canned bean varieties on hand . But back to what we’re here for: Healthy chocolate muffins!? Oh, and did I mention that they are also gluten-free and dairy-free? Now through December 31, 2017, S&W Beans is offering $1 off 2 cans of S&W Beans. Print Description With protein and fiber from a can of chickpeas/garbanzo beans and sweetened with honey and banana, these rich, chocolatey muffins are so healthy that you really can enjoy them for breakfast guilt-free. Ingredients Instructions Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Notes Save Like this: Related

Home Decoration - Home Improvement and Garden Tips Why You Should Start Using a VPN (and How to Choose the Best One for Your Needs) Rick Bayless | Garlic Mojo There's always a container of mojo in my refrigerator. I use it to season chicken, steaks, fish, vegetables, just about anything. In fact, in Season 7 of "Mexico-One Plate at a Time" Rick will be using it for several recipes including as a seasoning for popcorn. Ingredients Instructions Heat the oven to 325˚. Break the heads of garlic apart, then mash each clove (a fist against the side of a knife is what I do) to release the clove from its papery skin; if using already-peeled garlic, scoop the cloves into a heavy recloseable plastic bag and use a rolling pin to mash them slightly. Stir together the garlic, oil and salt in an 8x8-inch pan (make sure all the garlic is submerged), slide it into the oven and bake until the garlic is soft and lightly brown, about 45 to 55 minutes. Using an old-fashioned potato masher or large fork, mash the garlic into a coarse puree.

Homemade Cleaners For The Bathroom {Peppermint Bathrooms are busy rooms and if they aren’t maintained daily, it doesn’t take long for them to get grunge-tastic. Here are several tips to help you bring them to a shine (and keep them that way), along with some nice homemade peppermint cleaners you can make. Apply a thin layer of lemon oil to shower doors. This helps keep soap scum from building up by making the soapy water bead up on the glass and slide on down the drain. Pour 2 tsp of lemon oil on a cloth then wipe the doors. Easy Household Time Saver: Each day wipe down the sink, toilet and spray the inside of the shower with cleaner, empty the trash. Here are a few different recipes for homemade cleaners you might want to try (EO = peppermint essential oil)… Shower Scrub: 1 cup baking soda 1/4 tsp EO Mix the ingredients then store in a glass mason jar.To use: Sprinkle on a wet sponge and wipe bath and shower walls. All-Purpose Spray: 1 cup distilled water 1/2 cup household vinegar 1/2 tsp liquid castille soap 1/4 tsp EO For Floors:

Homemade Polymer Clay At different points over the last few years I've played around with different kinds of homemade "clay." My favorite is a polymer clay also known as cold porcelain. Its main ingredients are cornstarch and white PVA or Elmer's glue. But it took awhile to get the recipe right. Materials 3/4 cup white glue1 cup cornstarch2 tablespoons mineral oil (I used baby oil but reportedly even vaseline will work)1 tablespoon lemon juiceNon-stick potWooden spoon Steps Add cornstarch to glue in a nonstick pot. Cook over low flame stirring pretty much constantly (you can take a quick break or two if your arm gets tired, which it will) until the mixture resembles mashed potatoes. Remove from heat! Pull off a bit to work with and put the rest in a re-sealable plastic bag with the top about half-way open until it's cooled down a bit. Let dry about 2-3 days, then paint, or not. Until next time -- Enjoy! Linda

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